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Indian Woman sculpture update.
January 9th, 2009 | Posted in Sculpture | 
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Indian woman with braids closeup.
Indian woman sculpture is coming along nicely. For the past several days I’ve been mourning the loss of my kitty and haven’t felt much like sculpting but yesterday I felt better. I worked on her braids and tried out some feathers in the back of her hair. The feathers need to be fairly thick in order for the casting material to flow through the mold well. More work will be done on braids and feathers.
For more pictures of her please click below.
Bronze Indian Woman Sculpture
My intention is for this Indian woman to be made into a bronze sculpture. In order for her to go into bronze the Indian woman will need to have a rubber silicone mold made of her. Wax is poured into the mold and the wax copy is removed and touched up. This wax copy is dipped into liquid ceramic which hardens when it dries and is fired in a kiln. The high temperature causes all the wax to burn out leaving the empty ceramic shell. Bronze is then poured into the shell. Finally a bronze Indian woman sculpture copy/cast will have been produced. 
Indian's braids and feathers being worked out.
Along the spine of her back it looks like it needs to be softened a bit. A lot of times when I take pictures I notice things that I miss when looking directly at the sculpture in person. If you look closely you’ll see some green mold growing on her sacrum, that’s the triangular fleshy area at the bottom of the spine. I may spray it with bleach water to kill the mold back somewhat.
Feathers in Indian woman's hair.
Back of Indian woman.
As always, any comments are always appreciated. I’ve enjoyed sharing my works with friends and family via email and now I can do it online. I’m really loving this blog thing because it’s sort of like having a diary except this diary is one that I can share with everyone and get their feedback too. Thanks for listening and watching.
~Tamara
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This is an Amazing piece I was looking for photos of Indian woman,Your doing a wonderful job. It really reaches out to me in so many ways.
Hi Valley,
Thank you.
I decided to elongate her a bit so she’s changed a bit from these pics. Also, those feathers will probably be upside down and to the side of her head.
It makes me feel very good when I get comments from people that say she’s connecting with them. I really want her to be a soulful person and have meaning.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
~Tamara
Hi Tamara
Lovely new piece of the Indian lady. She has majesty as well as beauty – and a quality of leadership in her eye.
Sorry I have dropped off the face of the earth lately, but I am launching a new figurine company in Oct/ Nov – The Figurine Collective Ltd and the prep is all absorbing.
Also, my daughter has needed a lot of help publishing her own site http://www.balletdancersguide.com. If you know any kids who need ballet advice – just send them along to the site (however, she is keeping her identity a secret so as to be able to ‘tell it like it is’ and is just known as Odette on the site).
Hope you are keeping well.
Peter
Hi Peter,
Thanks for the link to your daughter’s new site. I checked it out and it sounds like she is going to give the insider on ballet dancing.
I thought about you recently and wanted to mention that my mold tutorial might be something helpful to add to your sculpting site. Also, the other day I started a new Indian woman and as usual, used as my number one tool, one of your wood tools. I use the one that has the pointed end on one end and the spoon or scooped end on the other. Your tools are the best sculpting tools!
Your new site sounds really nice. Please send me a link or post a link on my blog when you get it up and running.
I hope you and your family are doing well.
~Tamara
Hi Tamara
Thanks for your reply.
I would love the chance to include your mold tutorial on my site. Where can I access it and which URL do you want me to link back to you with?
Best regards
Peter
ps.
My oldest girl has just won a placement at FIT College New York, starting in Jan, so will be stateside for about 6 months.
Wonderful work!
Be careful not to give it too much life!
She seems to be one of my ancestors, perhaps,and exhibits a righteous anger.
She is so, beautiful, it would be dishonoring in trying to find the right words. A true masterpiece. :]